Lynde Wheeler

Lynde P. Wheeler (1874 to 1959) was an American engineer and educator who worked on electrical and radio subjects across a long career. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he took degrees at the Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1894 and 1902 and remained at Yale as a professor until 1926. He served in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, and in 1918 he organized the course for the Signal Corps Officer Candidates School. In 1926 he joined the Naval Research Laboratory, where he led its Consultant Division in addition to his duties in the Radio Division, and in 1929 and 1930 he carried out radio experiments with the fleet on aircraft carriers and in submarines. He later sat on the Science Advisory Board and, from 1936, served the Federal Communications Commission as chief of the information division of its engineering department. He also served on committees of the Institute of Radio Engineers and was its president in 1943.